New colistin resistance gene found in China

Resistance to colistin, an antibiotic commonly used in some countries for the control of E. coli infections, especially in pigs, has been found in China (Liu and others, 2015). The difference is that the gene is found in a plasmid, which can be transmitted between bacteria. The report of a new resistance gene (mcr-1) against polymixins (colistin) found in Escherichia coli from pigs in China, which can be potentially plasmid transferred between bacterial species and ‘potentially’ to